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Conner Jenkins
Conner G. Jenkins, 93, of Boston, died on Wednesday, May 7 at Culpeper Health Care Center.
He was bom in Rappahannock County on April 4,1904.
His parents were the late James Lud and Nora Sisk Jenkins.
His wife was the late Mary Inez Jenkins.
Survivor^ include two daughter, Mrs. Charles Racer of Slate Mills and Mrs. Roy Atkins of Sperryville; three sons, Frank Jenkins of Fairfax, Richard Jenkins of Slate Mills and George Jenkins of Louisiana; 10 grandchildren;, 13 great-grandchildren and five greatgreat-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son. Nelson Jenkins.
Funeral services were held on Friday, May 9 at Clore-Geest Funeral«, Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Eaton officiating.
Interment was in Etlan Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dame Dodson, Jerry Jenkins, Greg Jenkins, Roy Atkins Jr„ Roger Atkins, Roy Weakley, Charlie Jenkins.
Memorial contributions may be made to Slate Mills Baptist Church, do Eloise Weaver, P.O. Box 68, Slate Mills.
Clore-Geest Funeral Home in Culpeper was in charge of the arrangements.
Marie Kilpatrick
Marie Pietri Kilpatrick, Virginia sculptor and artist, died of cancer at her home in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, May 8. She was 76.
Miss Pietri, as she was known professionally, was named to the Virginia State Art Commission in 1965, and served for 12 years under three governors until the commission was abolished in 1977. The commission at that time had authority over architecture and art works at state institutions.
She figured in a number of controversial decisions involving portraits of state officials. In one well publicized instance, she voted against acceptance of a portrait of Gov. Mills Godwin. She thought the work was poorly done, but the governor liked it and the governor won. They remained good friends.
A diminutive woman, barely five feet tall. Miss Pietri created sculptures larger than she was. Her work was entirely representational. She sculpted primarily in wood, though she also worked in stone, aluminum, and in plaster for casting in bronze. She carved the Thatcher Memorial Sculptures for St Luke’s Episcopal Church in Richmond -— life-sized figures of Maty and the Boy Jesus, done in cherry.
The daughter of Marie Fiurillo and the late Benjamin Pietri, she was bom in Wilson, N.C. Miss Pietri was educated at the French-speaking Convent of Ste. Genevieve of the Pines in Asheville, N.C. In 1936 her family moved to Richmond, where she attended John Marshall High School. She was graduated in 1941 from the Richmond Professional Institute of the College of
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